Brad Tilley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:12 -0800, "Randal L. Schwartz"
<mer...@stonehenge.com> wrote:
"Brad" == Brad Tilley <b...@16systems.com> writes:
Brad> I use ed in emergencies when /usr is inaccessible, but I'm a lot
more
Brad> comfortable with vi. Will a static vi ever live in /bin? Helping
someone
Brad> use ed remotely, who has never used ed, when I myself don't use it
Brad> regularly is always an adventure.
Solution: learn "ed" a bit more.
It's really *not* that hard. :)
Good advice. Guess I'm looking for the easy way out. I'll make myself
edit in ed every Friday or something.
Brad
Just out of curiosity, my "emergencies" usually involve having to edit
/etc/fstab that has entries that no longer apply after moving disks around.
I just export TERM=xterm, fsck /usr and / mount both rw and vi away
Is there a common emergency that comes up where /usr is not available?
ed is of course on my study list :)
Did ed come out before or after those clickety-clack paper printing
terminals?
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